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Citizens receiving home care services from the Extra-Mural Program who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for asthma

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Table

Unit %

Year 2024 Year 2021 Year 2018 Year 2015 Year 2012
Province
New Brunswick
17.6
16.8 - 18.4
16.9
16.1 - 17.8
18.3
17.4 - 19.3
14.2
13.3 - 15.1
20.3
19.1 - 21.5
Health zones
Zone 1 - Moncton and South-East Area
17.7
16.2 - 19.1
17.1
15.3 - 18.8
18.2
16.3 - 20.1
15.1
13.2 - 16.9
16.5
14.2 - 18.7
Zone 2 - Fundy Shore and Saint John Area
16.6
15.0 - 18.2
14.4
12.8 - 16.0
17.6
15.6 - 19.6
11.9
10.2 - 13.6
19.5
17.1 - 21.8
Zone 3 - Fredericton and River Valley Area
19.1
17.4 - 20.8
18.9
17.1 - 20.7
19.9
17.9 - 22.0
13.0
11.1 - 14.8
20.1
17.5 - 22.8
Zone 4 - Madawaska and North-West Area
14.0
11.7 - 16.2
16.5
13.6 - 19.4
16.6
13.7 - 19.5
15.4
12.6 - 18.3
24.3
20.3 - 28.2
Zone 5 - Restigouche Area
18.0
14.4 - 21.6
20.4
16.3 - 24.5
23.0
18.2 - 27.9
15.5
11.7 - 19.3
28.9
23.3 - 34.6
Zone 6 - Bathurst and Acadian Peninsula Area
20.1
17.8 - 22.4
17.2
14.5 - 20.0
17.4
14.6 - 20.2
16.1
13.1 - 19.1
25.3
21.1 - 29.4
Zone 7 - Miramichi Area
15.8
12.5 - 19.2
15.8
12.3 - 19.3
15.8
12.2 - 19.4
16.6
13.2 - 20.0
16.6
12.3 - 20.9
Communities
Bathurst, Beresford, Petit-Rocher Area
26.6
22.5 - 30.6
16.7
12.5 - 20.9
15.8
10.8 - 20.7
14.1
9.2 - 19.0
22.3
15.6 - 29.0
Bouctouche, Richibucto, Saint-Antoine Area
22.4
18.8 - 26.0
18.7
14.3 - 23.1
16.7
11.6 - 21.8
10.2
5.8 - 14.6
17.2
11.2 - 23.2
Campbellton, Atholville, Tide Head Area
19.9
14.6 - 25.2
14.2
9.1 - 19.4
17.7
11.6 - 23.8
13.8
8.5 - 19.2
31.0
23.1 - 38.9
Caraquet, Paquetville, Bertrand Area
8.0
5.0 - 10.9
9.2
4.5 - 13.8
10.0
5.3 - 14.6
13.7
7.8 - 19.5
27.1
17.7 - 36.4
Dalhousie, Balmoral, Belledune Area
16.3
11.3 - 21.3
25.9
19.7 - 32.0
28.4
20.7 - 36.0
16.9
11.5 - 22.3
26.5
18.3 - 34.7
Dieppe and Memramcook
16.2
12.5 - 20.0
17.5
11.8 - 23.3
16.6
10.8 - 22.4
18.9
12.2 - 25.7
13.9
6.4 - 21.4
Douglas, Saint Marys, Doaktown Area
22.7
16.0 - 29.4
32.7
23.9 - 41.4
31.4
22.3 - 40.5
27.6
16.9 - 38.3
32.2
20.2 - 44.1
Edmundston, Rivière-Verte, Lac Baker Area
15.9
12.6 - 19.2
16.9
13.0 - 20.8
16.8
12.9 - 20.7
20.1
15.7 - 24.6
27.7
22.1 - 33.4
Florenceville-Bristol, Woodstock, Wakefield Area
23.2
19.3 - 27.1
18.9
15.3 - 22.4
17.8
13.7 - 21.9
12.7
9.2 - 16.2
20.0
15.0 - 25.0
Fredericton
16.3
13.2 - 19.3
18.1
14.8 - 21.4
17.0
13.2 - 20.8
10.8
7.3 - 14.3
21.3
15.3 - 27.3
Grand Bay-Westfield, Westfield, Greenwich Area
S
12.6
4.2 - 21.0
18.0
8.7 - 27.3
S
18.7
7.9 - 29.6
Grand Falls, Saint-Léonard, Drummond Area
10.9
7.3 - 14.5
10.8
6.6 - 15.0
14.7
9.6 - 19.9
10.9
7.0 - 14.9
18.3
12.3 - 24.3
Hillsborough, Riverside-Albert, Alma Area
S
S
19.7
8.3 - 31.0
12.9
4.3 - 21.5
24.2
11.0 - 37.5
Kedgwick, Saint-Quentin and Grimmer
S
38.0
24.1 - 51.9
20.3
11.2 - 29.4
S
27.9
14.5 - 41.3
Minto, Chipman, Cambridge-Narrows Area
10.0
5.4 - 14.6
18.8
11.4 - 26.1
22.5
14.8 - 30.2
13.4
5.9 - 21.0
23.4
13.2 - 33.7
Miramichi, Rogersville, Blackville Area
15.7
12.1 - 19.3
14.4
10.7 - 18.1
15.3
11.6 - 19.1
13.8
10.3 - 17.3
15.8
11.1 - 20.4
Moncton
15.5
13.0 - 18.1
18.7
15.6 - 21.8
21.1
17.6 - 24.6
18.7
15.2 - 22.2
18.2
14.3 - 22.1
Nackawic, McAdam, Canterbury Area
18.9
12.6 - 25.2
18.0
11.1 - 25.0
17.8
10.7 - 24.9
15.3
8.7 - 22.0
S
Neguac, Alnwick, Esgenoopetitj Area
S
23.9
12.9 - 35.0
18.5
7.0 - 29.9
29.1
18.9 - 39.2
20.3
9.3 - 31.3
New Maryland, Kingsclear, Lincoln Area
25.4
19.8 - 30.9
17.2
11.6 - 22.7
23.0
15.9 - 30.0
8.8
3.6 - 14.1
12.8
4.9 - 20.7
Oromocto, Gagetown, Fredericton Junction Area
16.2
11.6 - 20.8
23.2
16.6 - 29.7
25.6
18.3 - 32.9
11.6
4.4 - 18.8
25.5
15.2 - 35.9
Perth-Andover, Plaster Rock, Tobique Area
16.5
10.0 - 23.0
11.4
6.6 - 16.2
15.1
9.1 - 21.1
13.3
7.3 - 19.2
16.8
9.2 - 24.4
Quispamsis, Rothesay, Hampton Area
16.3
12.9 - 19.7
10.1
6.7 - 13.5
18.0
12.7 - 23.2
9.1
4.4 - 13.7
17.7
11.3 - 24.1
Riverview and Coverdale
21.9
17.0 - 26.8
13.9
9.3 - 18.4
12.7
7.5 - 17.9
11.2
6.0 - 16.5
13.5
7.5 - 19.6
Sackville, Dorchester, Port Elgin Area
14.7
10.2 - 19.1
12.0
6.7 - 17.3
18.4
11.3 - 25.5
8.8
3.7 - 13.9
11.8
4.0 - 19.5
Saint John, Simonds and Musquash
21.2
18.2 - 24.3
17.9
15.0 - 20.9
18.5
15.0 - 21.9
10.9
8.2 - 13.6
18.2
14.5 - 21.9
Salisbury and Petitcodiac
S
14.4
6.2 - 22.5
15.5
5.3 - 25.7
S
17.6
5.8 - 29.5
Shediac, Beaubassin East and Cap-Pelé
15.7
11.0 - 20.3
19.0
13.8 - 24.2
17.8
13.4 - 22.3
16.7
12.3 - 21.1
14.6
9.0 - 20.2
Shippagan, Lamèque, Inkerman Area
14.5
9.3 - 19.7
21.0
14.0 - 28.0
20.9
13.2 - 28.6
16.0
9.9 - 22.1
26.8
16.9 - 36.7
St. George, Grand Manan, Blacks Harbour Area
14.4
10.4 - 18.3
14.1
9.6 - 18.6
17.5
11.8 - 23.1
16.8
11.4 - 22.3
19.7
13.4 - 26.0
St. Stephen, Saint Andrews, Campobello Island Area
13.7
10.1 - 17.3
14.8
10.9 - 18.8
17.7
12.9 - 22.5
15.9
11.2 - 20.6
26.7
19.6 - 33.9
Sussex, Norton, Sussex Corner Area
11.2
7.9 - 14.6
9.2
5.6 - 12.9
14.5
9.3 - 19.6
9.9
5.9 - 13.8
17.5
11.5 - 23.4
Tracadie and Saint-Isidore
23.6
18.2 - 29.1
21.7
15.0 - 28.3
22.8
17.1 - 28.5
22.9
14.9 - 30.8
26.8
17.9 - 35.7
Age
18-64
20.6
18.3 - 22.8
17.4
15.3 - 19.5
17.3
15.2 - 19.4
14.4
12.4 - 16.3
19.0
16.9 - 21.1
65 and over
17.1
16.3 - 17.9
16.8
15.9 - 17.7
18.7
17.6 - 19.8
14.2
13.2 - 15.2
20.9
19.4 - 22.4
Gender
Female
19.3
18.3 - 20.4
18.9
17.7 - 20.0
20.9
19.6 - 22.2
15.2
14.0 - 16.3
20.8
19.2 - 22.3
Male
15.3
14.2 - 16.5
14.4
13.2 - 15.6
14.9
13.6 - 16.2
12.9
11.6 - 14.2
19.5
17.7 - 21.3
2SLGBTQIA+ status
2SLGBTQIA+
S
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Language
Most comfortable in English
18.0
17.1 - 18.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Most comfortable in French
15.5
14.0 - 17.0
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Comfortable in both English and French
19.7
16.9 - 22.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Indigenous identity
Indigenous
25.0
18.1 - 31.9
27.7
19.2 - 36.1
23.9
15.4 - 32.4
17.7
10.8 - 24.6
32.3
24.3 - 40.2
Immigrant
Immigrants
18.2
12.6 - 23.9
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Education level
High school or less
18.5
17.5 - 19.6
17.9
16.8 - 19.0
20.0
18.8 - 21.2
14.2
13.2 - 15.2
21.4
19.9 - 22.8
Postsecondary
16.3
15.1 - 17.6
14.8
13.4 - 16.2
15.2
13.5 - 16.8
13.2
11.5 - 15.0
18.0
15.8 - 20.3
Disability or special need
Disability or special need
23.5
21.3 - 25.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Household income
Less than $30,000
20.4
19.2 - 21.7
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$30,000 to less than $60,000
16.9
15.4 - 18.5
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
$60,000 or more
12.6
10.5 - 14.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
Racialized groups
Racialized groups
21.2
14.7 - 27.6
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a
n/a = Not applicable / not available
S = Data suppressed due to confidentiality requirements and/or small sample size

About

This indicator is the percentage of citizens receiving home care services from the Extra-Mural Program who reported that they have been diagnosed or treated for asthma.

Source

New Brunswick Health Council, Home Care Survey

Calculations

This indicator is calculated by dividing the number of respondents who answered "yes" by the number of respondents who answered "yes or no" to the question: Has a doctor or any other health professional ever diagnosed you with or treated you for any of the following chronic health conditions? Please select all that apply: arthritis, asthma, emphysema or COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), chronic pain, cancer, diabetes, depression, heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure or hypertension, a mood disorder other than depression, such as bipolar disorder, mania, manic depression or dysthymia, gastric reflux (or GERD), alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia, anxiety or high cholesterol.

Unit

%

Interpretation

Lower is better

NBHC code

XM_CHCAS_1

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